Conflicting Desires and Unstable Identities: Tensions in the Greek
... turns out, a number of the relationships in the text present problematic iterations of father-son relationships where there seems to have been a breakdown in the transmission of knowledge about virtue from father to son. When Socrates says that he is most proud of being a pimp, in an odd way he jus ...
... turns out, a number of the relationships in the text present problematic iterations of father-son relationships where there seems to have been a breakdown in the transmission of knowledge about virtue from father to son. When Socrates says that he is most proud of being a pimp, in an odd way he jus ...
Conflicting Desires and Unstable Identities: Tensions in the Greek
... turns out, a number of the relationships in the text present problematic iterations of father-son relationships where there seems to have been a breakdown in the transmission of knowledge about virtue from father to son. When Socrates says that he is most proud of being a pimp, in an odd way he jus ...
... turns out, a number of the relationships in the text present problematic iterations of father-son relationships where there seems to have been a breakdown in the transmission of knowledge about virtue from father to son. When Socrates says that he is most proud of being a pimp, in an odd way he jus ...
Structure and function in Plato`s "Republic"
... ideas put forward by Socrates (or Plato) himself. These are the criticisms leveled at Books 1 and 10: the Books are so radically different from the rest of the Republic in style, content, and characterization that they do not belong with the other Books; their arguments are pitiful; and they could t ...
... ideas put forward by Socrates (or Plato) himself. These are the criticisms leveled at Books 1 and 10: the Books are so radically different from the rest of the Republic in style, content, and characterization that they do not belong with the other Books; their arguments are pitiful; and they could t ...
Ancient and medival philosophy of dreams
... of dreaming. He was an atomist, according to which the universe consisted of an infinite number and variety of immutable (one cannot change it after it is created) atoms whose continual motion and interaction were responsible for the varied and ever changing nature of the world. According to Democ ...
... of dreaming. He was an atomist, according to which the universe consisted of an infinite number and variety of immutable (one cannot change it after it is created) atoms whose continual motion and interaction were responsible for the varied and ever changing nature of the world. According to Democ ...
REASONS FOR THE MITZVOT (PART I)
... ideas that R. Halevi contends with in his book are original and are not identical with other Aristotelian outlooks familiar to R. Halevi (Yochanan Silman, Bein Filosof Le-navi, Ramat Gan, 1985, p. 23; Silman's book has also been translated into English as Philosopher and Prophet: Judah Halevi, the K ...
... ideas that R. Halevi contends with in his book are original and are not identical with other Aristotelian outlooks familiar to R. Halevi (Yochanan Silman, Bein Filosof Le-navi, Ramat Gan, 1985, p. 23; Silman's book has also been translated into English as Philosopher and Prophet: Judah Halevi, the K ...
12 Substances
... was “most distinctive” of substances. And since matter is also the primary subject of predication (“the predicates other than substance are predicated of substance, and substance is predicated of matter,” 1029a23–4) it certainly has a prima facie claim, in the context of a hylomorphic analysis that ...
... was “most distinctive” of substances. And since matter is also the primary subject of predication (“the predicates other than substance are predicated of substance, and substance is predicated of matter,” 1029a23–4) it certainly has a prima facie claim, in the context of a hylomorphic analysis that ...
Mutual Questioning - UQ eSpace
... be won on rhetoric or emotive arguments alone. Indeed, this is what Plato accused the Sophists of doing.4 Dialogue, on the other hand, focuses on the understanding that one gains from co-inquiring, and not on winning arguments. There are many uses for which dialogue as a method of inquiry can be app ...
... be won on rhetoric or emotive arguments alone. Indeed, this is what Plato accused the Sophists of doing.4 Dialogue, on the other hand, focuses on the understanding that one gains from co-inquiring, and not on winning arguments. There are many uses for which dialogue as a method of inquiry can be app ...
The Philosopher and the Sage: Plato and Lao
... philosophical journey. The goal is to apprehend the sun itself and behold everything else in its light, after which the enlightened philosopher will return to the cave to bring the benefit of his enlightenment to his fellow citizens. However, even Socrates himself, a self-proclaimed philosopher (cf. ...
... philosophical journey. The goal is to apprehend the sun itself and behold everything else in its light, after which the enlightened philosopher will return to the cave to bring the benefit of his enlightenment to his fellow citizens. However, even Socrates himself, a self-proclaimed philosopher (cf. ...
Induction Synonyms epagōgē, inductio Abstract How induction was
... Clement of Alexandria in the second century. He said that a definition is a summation and therefore that induction obtains force not by comparing and contrasting but by completely enumerating components. In Alexandria, around 500 AD, Ammonius Hermiae and his students Simplicius and John Philoponus i ...
... Clement of Alexandria in the second century. He said that a definition is a summation and therefore that induction obtains force not by comparing and contrasting but by completely enumerating components. In Alexandria, around 500 AD, Ammonius Hermiae and his students Simplicius and John Philoponus i ...
Redefining Philosophy through Assimilation
... The word gaku 学, for instance, carries the sense of study or learning. Even aside from its Confucius origins and orientation, the word gaku tends to suggest different ideas of what it means to “philosophize,” namely, that “philosophy” has to do with study or a kind of learning. Though not completely ...
... The word gaku 学, for instance, carries the sense of study or learning. Even aside from its Confucius origins and orientation, the word gaku tends to suggest different ideas of what it means to “philosophize,” namely, that “philosophy” has to do with study or a kind of learning. Though not completely ...
An Aristotelian View of Marx`s Method Nathaniel Cline William
... manifestly assumed an Aristotelian position. Finally, in concluding we measure the importance of this point, and suggest several directions in which this research could be extended. 1A ...
... manifestly assumed an Aristotelian position. Finally, in concluding we measure the importance of this point, and suggest several directions in which this research could be extended. 1A ...
A Modern Worldview from Plato`s Cave
... there all their life and their chains keep their heads immobile so they are unable to look around. Behind the prisoners and before the opening to the cave is a fire. In front of the fire are puppeteers that hold objects up over a screen so that their shadows from the fire are cast on the back wall ...
... there all their life and their chains keep their heads immobile so they are unable to look around. Behind the prisoners and before the opening to the cave is a fire. In front of the fire are puppeteers that hold objects up over a screen so that their shadows from the fire are cast on the back wall ...
PDF - Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics
... further here.20 Instead, I shall assume that there possibly could be a reconstruction of Socrates’ criticism along these lines. Such an account would take the inspiration theory as its main clue and give an explanation of its critical potential in terms of a lack of personal autonomy or freedom of t ...
... further here.20 Instead, I shall assume that there possibly could be a reconstruction of Socrates’ criticism along these lines. Such an account would take the inspiration theory as its main clue and give an explanation of its critical potential in terms of a lack of personal autonomy or freedom of t ...
Mimesis, Eros, and Mania
... nature, so eros and mania bring about ecstatic unsettlings of the human soul that the modern cogito, clear to itself and self-certain, tends to shun. (How even “postmodern” can Plato seem to sound, if we understand thus this “premodern” philosopher!) How the point works its way out will become for u ...
... nature, so eros and mania bring about ecstatic unsettlings of the human soul that the modern cogito, clear to itself and self-certain, tends to shun. (How even “postmodern” can Plato seem to sound, if we understand thus this “premodern” philosopher!) How the point works its way out will become for u ...
Alfarabi`s Conversion of Plato`s Republic
... of men’s place in nature and reality are studied” (Kabadayi, ...
... of men’s place in nature and reality are studied” (Kabadayi, ...
1 "Plato on Akrasia and Knowing Your Own Mind" Section 1
... "Plato on Akrasia and Knowing Your Own Mind" Section 1: Introduction The standard picture of the development of Plato's views on akrasia depicts an increase in subtlety and psychological realism from the early to the middle and late dialogues. In the Protagoras, Plato analyzes away apparent instance ...
... "Plato on Akrasia and Knowing Your Own Mind" Section 1: Introduction The standard picture of the development of Plato's views on akrasia depicts an increase in subtlety and psychological realism from the early to the middle and late dialogues. In the Protagoras, Plato analyzes away apparent instance ...
Plato, Thucydides, and Alcibiades
... Of all the characters we encounter in the Socratic dialogues of Plato, no one, apart from Socrates himself, meant so much to – and evoked such mixed feelings among – Plato’s Athenian readership as the illustrious Alcibiades. A well-known character from our time, with whom one could make a comparison ...
... Of all the characters we encounter in the Socratic dialogues of Plato, no one, apart from Socrates himself, meant so much to – and evoked such mixed feelings among – Plato’s Athenian readership as the illustrious Alcibiades. A well-known character from our time, with whom one could make a comparison ...
Tiffany Price Intro to Philosophy Mr. Izrailevsky http://tiffanyprice
... Tiffany Price Intro to Philosophy Mr. Izrailevsky http://tiffanyprice.yolasite.com Lao-tzu the Chinese Philosopher I chose to write my paper on the extremely amazing Chinese Philosopher Lao-tzu because he is so wise and insightful. Lao-tzu’s philosophies are about great balance and respect. Lao-tzu ...
... Tiffany Price Intro to Philosophy Mr. Izrailevsky http://tiffanyprice.yolasite.com Lao-tzu the Chinese Philosopher I chose to write my paper on the extremely amazing Chinese Philosopher Lao-tzu because he is so wise and insightful. Lao-tzu’s philosophies are about great balance and respect. Lao-tzu ...
this PDF file - Lexicon Philosophicum
... relevant article is the one which examines in detail some parts of Alexander’s comment on Metaphysics Γ. His study is part of the proceedings of a conference held in Cagliari in April 1999 entirely dedicated to the relationship between Alexander and Aristotle’s Metaphysics.3 Flannery argues in this ...
... relevant article is the one which examines in detail some parts of Alexander’s comment on Metaphysics Γ. His study is part of the proceedings of a conference held in Cagliari in April 1999 entirely dedicated to the relationship between Alexander and Aristotle’s Metaphysics.3 Flannery argues in this ...
Aristotle`s Account of the Virtue of Courage in
... Curzer, Howard J., "Aristotle's Account of the Virtue of Courage in Nicomachean Ethics III.6-9" (1996). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 183. ...
... Curzer, Howard J., "Aristotle's Account of the Virtue of Courage in Nicomachean Ethics III.6-9" (1996). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 183. ...
The Principle Of Excluded Middle Then And Now: Aristotle
... innocuous, others so fundamental they amount, in Quine's expression, to "changing the subject."12 Among the innocuous `deviant logics' are many-valued logics, where propositions are not simply divided into `true' and `false', but, say, `true', `false' and `possible'. Such logics obviously deny the P ...
... innocuous, others so fundamental they amount, in Quine's expression, to "changing the subject."12 Among the innocuous `deviant logics' are many-valued logics, where propositions are not simply divided into `true' and `false', but, say, `true', `false' and `possible'. Such logics obviously deny the P ...
HERMENEUTICAL PARADOXES IN THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES A. Ladikos
... separated themselves into a) those who held the view that Socrates was declaring in his paradox an important ethical insight, and b) those who have protested that what Socrates said was manifestly false and in conflict with common experience. Plato and Aristotle are the forerunners 0 f these two cam ...
... separated themselves into a) those who held the view that Socrates was declaring in his paradox an important ethical insight, and b) those who have protested that what Socrates said was manifestly false and in conflict with common experience. Plato and Aristotle are the forerunners 0 f these two cam ...
Cicero: the philosophical works
... Tullia as she was giving birth in 45 BC. Cicero’s philosophical writings cover most of the subdivisions of Greco-Roman philosophy. Clearly, Cicero himself was most interested in political and ethical philosophy, but his writings also raise and take up questions in epistemology, metaphysics, physics, ...
... Tullia as she was giving birth in 45 BC. Cicero’s philosophical writings cover most of the subdivisions of Greco-Roman philosophy. Clearly, Cicero himself was most interested in political and ethical philosophy, but his writings also raise and take up questions in epistemology, metaphysics, physics, ...
the stoic philosopher - College of Stoic Philosophers
... cheapness and contemptibility of them, how sordid they are, and how quickly fading and dead [Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, trans. Maxwell Staniforth (Penguin Books, 1964), book two, 12].” Diogenes Laertius (again): [The Stoics hold that] Pleasure is an irrational elation at the accruing of what s ...
... cheapness and contemptibility of them, how sordid they are, and how quickly fading and dead [Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, trans. Maxwell Staniforth (Penguin Books, 1964), book two, 12].” Diogenes Laertius (again): [The Stoics hold that] Pleasure is an irrational elation at the accruing of what s ...
Aristotle`s Syllogistic and Core Logic
... Two influential articles, Corcoran 1972 and Smiley 1973, convincingly argued that Aristotle’s syllogistic logic anticipated the twentieth century’s systematizations of logic in terms of natural deductions. They also showed how Aristotle in effect advanced a completeness proof for his deductive syste ...
... Two influential articles, Corcoran 1972 and Smiley 1973, convincingly argued that Aristotle’s syllogistic logic anticipated the twentieth century’s systematizations of logic in terms of natural deductions. They also showed how Aristotle in effect advanced a completeness proof for his deductive syste ...